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It is noteworthy that the power of the Spirit, as promised in Acts 1:8, is best manifest in the fruit of the Spirit. Consider the following: (1) "Love:" "God has not given us the Spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7). (2) "Joy" and (3) "Peace:" "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost" (Romans 15:13). (4) "Longsuffering:" "Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness" (Colossians 1:11). (5) "Gentleness" (literally "kindness"): "...by kindness, by the Holy Ghost,...by the power of God" (2 Corinthians 6:6,7). (6) "Goodness:" "For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth" (Ephesians 5:9). (7) "Faith" (or better, "faithfulness"): "That he would grant you...to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, ..according to the power that worketh in us" (Ephesians 3:16,17,20). (8) "Meekness:" "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Corinthians 12:9). (9) "Temperance" (or "self-control"): "God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, ..and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7).

Source:

KJV Defenders Study Bible, by Dr. Henry Morris, Ph.D.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Language: English
DEF 10 ISBN 0-529-10444-x
DEF 10-1 ISBN 0-529-10445-8


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